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 Alex | In reply to @fgaz:matrix.org
Nix got a lot harder to compile than last time I tried. Lots of new dependencies with strict version requirements I don't know if you're still struggling with it, but I've had great success cross-compiling the binary tarball for 2.16.1 on x86_64, copy it to the host, then extract and run as usual. It's been easier than trying to debug confusing autoreconf errors or figure out what Debian packages provide the needed libraries.
(Though for some reason the nix commands only work for me when executed as root.)
You'll need to add riscv64 to the cross-compilation targets in the flake.nix for Nix (the package manager), then build hydraJobs.binaryTarballCross.x86_64-linux.riscv64-linux. Depending on your OS (my SBC is currently on Debian Sid), you may also need to add sandbox = false and/or filter-syscalls = false to /etc/nix/nix.conf. | 10:42:24 |
 fgaz | In the end I managed to compile it (thanks Alyssa Ross for the hint about busybox btw) | 10:44:51 |
| fgaz | My current blocker is [this](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/236420) (llvm 15 won't build on riscv) | 10:48:26 |
| fgaz | In reply to @raitobezarius:matrix.org
No but it'd be nice to organize ourselves to build it :-) Maybe Domen can help, like with nix-community | 10:52:09 |
 Zhaofeng Li | In reply to @fgaz:matrix.org
My current blocker is this (llvm 15 won't build on riscv) Hmm, at least building natively worked fine last I tried | 19:16:42 |
| Zhaofeng Li | (it's been a while since I touched RISC-V stuff) | 19:17:01 |
| fgaz | In reply to @zhaofeng:zhaofeng.li
Hmm, at least building natively worked fine last I tried I was getting some missing register symbols or something | 19:18:07 |
 raitobezarius | In reply to @fgaz:matrix.org
Maybe Domen can help, like with nix-community I mean, we can definitely use cachix as a storage layer | 20:34:23 |
| raitobezarius | In reply to @fgaz:matrix.org
Maybe Domen can help, like with nix-community * I mean, we can definitely use cachix as a storage layer + distribution layer | 20:34:26 |
| raitobezarius | But we need a Hydra instance and remote builders "we trust" | 20:34:38 |
| fgaz | Until we have that we can just coordinate through a nixpkgs branch and push whatever we have. I bet that alone would save a lot of build time | 20:49:49 |
 GenericNerdyUsername | In reply to @fgaz:matrix.org
My current blocker is [this](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/236420) (llvm 15 won't build on riscv) do you need rust if you build without docs? | 23:16:55 |
| 8 Jun 2023 |
| Alex | In reply to @genericnerdyusername:matrix.org
do you need rust if you build without docs? According to a quick why-depends on an x86_64 Nix, no. | 01:50:25 |
| Alex | In reply to @genericnerdyusername:matrix.org
do you need rust if you build without docs? I added an overlay to disable building Nix's documentation and now I don't have to build LLVM and rustc, so the answer is definitely no. Thanks for the tip. | 01:57:38 |
| fgaz | In reply to @genericnerdyusername:matrix.org
do you need rust if you build without docs? I built without docs for bootstrap, but now I want a full build if possibke | 04:51:33 |
| fgaz | Also having rust is nice | 04:51:51 |
 misuzu | In reply to @zhaofeng:zhaofeng.li
Hmm, at least building natively worked fine last I tried It is, except for gnu-efi | 08:42:57 |
| misuzu | I've a native binary cache for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/commit/f91ee3065de91a3531329a674a45ddcb3467a650 | 08:44:15 |
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